The Suva and Nausori lockdown was lifted at 4 o’clock this morning and the Suva and Nausori separate containment zones are back which means the border checkpoint is back near the bridge at Rups Nakasi.
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says with many high-risk known contacts under quarantine, they can allow the 24-hour curfew for Suva and Nausori to lift at its scheduled close at 4 o’clock this morning, allowing for limited movement in a highly controlled fashion.
Doctor Fong says as is the case for the rest of Viti Levu, the 6pm until 4am curfew will apply for the Suva and Nausori zones from today.
He says supermarkets, banks and pharmacies may open.
Restaurants may offer takeaway and delivery services only.
Doctor Fong says movement should be avoided as much as possible, and mixing between different household bubbles should not happen at all.
Please send only one member of your household outside at any given time.
Do not bring children out of the home.
If you are the member of your household who leaves, wear a mask and wear it properly and maintain a physical distance of two metres from others.
Make sure you have careFiji installed, with Bluetooth turned on.
Wash your hands often. And immediately after you finish your trip to the supermarket, bank, or pharmacy, go straight home.
Doctor Fong says for all non-containment areas, businesses that are not classified as high risk may operate so long as they enforce mask-wearing, physical distancing and require customers and employees to have careFIJI installed with bluetooth turned on.
He says high-risk businesses include gyms, movie theatres, video gaming shops, cyber cafes, taverns, bars, billiard shops and amusement arcades, as well as hairdressers, barbershops, spas, beauty therapy, massage therapy venues, saunas and tattoo parlours.
Doctor Fong says the nature of these businesses means they cannot operate with proper COVID-safe protocols, including enforced physical distancing of two metres.
He stresses they should all be closed everywhere in Fiji.
